Friedrich Schiller – The Triumph of a Genius
{{Short description|1940 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Friedrich Schiller – The Triumph of a Genius
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| director = Herbert Maisch
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| screenplay = Lotte Neumann (under the pseudonym C. H. Diller) and Walter Wassermann
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| based_on = {{based on|Passion|Norbert Jacques}}
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| starring = {{ubl|Horst Caspar|Heinrich George}}
| music = Herbert Windt
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| released = {{Film date|1940|12|17|df=y}}
| runtime = 98 minutes
| country = Nazi Germany
| language = German
| budget = 1,935,000 ℛℳ
| gross = 2.6 million ℛℳ
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Friedrich Schiller – The Triumph of a Genius ({{langx|de|Friedrich Schiller – Der Triumph eines Genies}}) is a 1940 German film, based on the novel Passion by Norbert Jacques. The film focuses on the early career of the German poet Friedrich Schiller.
The film was released in Italy under the title I masnadieri. It was also released in Sweden and Denmark.
Cast
- Horst Caspar: Friedrich Schiller
- Hannelore Schroth: Laura Rieger
- Heinrich George: Duke Charles Eugene
- Lil Dagover: Countess Franziska von Hohenheim
- Eugen Klöpfer: Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart
- Paul Dahlke: Sergeant Riess
- Paul Henckels: Hofmarschall von Silberkalb
- Herbert Hübner: General Rieger
- Dagny Servaes: Frau Rieger
- Hildegard Grethe: Elizabeth Schiller, Schillers Mutter
- Friedrich Kayßler: Johannes Kaspar Schiller, Schillers Vater
- Walter Franck: Fremder
- Hans Quest: Eleve Hoven
- Hans Nielsen: Georg Friedrich Scharffenstein
- Fritz Genschow: Eleve Karpff
- Franz Nicklisch: Eleve Petersen
- Ernst Schröder: Eleve Zumsteg
- Wolfgang Lukschy: Eleve Boigeol
- Just Scheu: Hauptmann der Militärakademie
- Günther Hadank: General Augé
- Hans Leibelt: Prof. Abel
- Ferdinand Terpe: Grand Duke's Court Chamberlain
- Heinz Welzel: Andreas Streicher
- Bernhard Minetti: Franz Moor
- Albert Florath: Pastor Moser
- Loriot: Page am Hof des Herzogs
- Edmund Lorenz: Schorsch Rieß
Production
Friedrich Schiller cost 1,935,000 ℛℳ ({{Inflation|DE|1,935,000|1940|fmt=eq}}) to produce.{{sfn|Welch|1983|pp=269}}
Release
Joseph Goebbels was concerned that audiences would not understand the propaganda in the film. The film was approved by the censors on 11 November 1940, and test showings were held in Stuttgart and Strasbourg on 13 November. It was successful and premiered at the Capitol am Zoo in Berlin on 17 December.{{sfn|Welch|1983|pp=140; 278}} It earned 2.6 million ℛℳ ({{Inflation|DE|2,600,000|1940|fmt=eq}}) at the box office for a profit of 238,000 ℛℳ ({{Inflation|DE|238,000|1940|fmt=eq}}).{{sfn|Welch|1983|pp=269}}
References
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Works cited
- {{cite book|last=Welch |first=David |author-link=David Welch (historian) |title=Propaganda and the German Cinema: 1933-1945 |publisher=I.B. Tauris |year=1983 |isbn=9781860645204}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|32494}}
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Category:1940s biographical films
Category:German biographical films
Category:Films of Nazi Germany
Category:1940s German-language films
Category:Films directed by Herbert Maisch
Category:Films based on Luxembourgish novels
Category:Biographical films about writers
Category:Films set in the 1770s
Category:Films set in the 1780s
Category:Cultural depictions of Friedrich Schiller
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:Films based on works by Norbert Jacques
Category:Films scored by Herbert Windt
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